ODE TO OUR FUTURE GENERATION

ODE TO OUR FUTURE GENERATION  by ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

A wise man  said

If you tell me a fact I will learn

If you tell me truth I will believe

But if you tell me a story it will live forever in my heart

but my heart is on a stand still on

Which fact will we tell to our children and children after them 

Which truth will we tell them to believe?

Will we say we had love and respect to human rights?

No I don’t think we have any

Bombings have set record in headlines of world media

We’ve watched our fellow dying

But we’ve been silent and helplessly

But still say we have love

More weapons are manufactured from day to day

More terror groups are rising

More people are dying my goodness

But still we say we have humanity really? 

We share same blood same tears

As a sign of brother hood

But a slight difference in skin color

Foolishly leads us to racism why could you tell me why?

Evey year cease fire agreements are signed

But still we have more than 64.5 million  refugees

No place to call home, no food to eat 

But we say we have love 

Really is this the love that we are being preached?

(Cut the beat cut the beat please )

We cannot stand this it can be avoided

We cannot fear the future but we can create it

Am a dreamer  

I dream world where man 

will live a peaceful life 

where no other will scorn 

where love will bless the earth 

I dream a world where all will 

know sweet freedom's way, 

where hate no longer blights our day. 

A world i dream where black or white 

will share the rewards of the earth and every man is free 

And no more hash tags like #blacklivesmatter

#weneedpeace

I dream that one day the world be a better place

And we will have a story to tell

A story that will live forever in the hearts our children

Of such i dream a world .

PATRIARCH

PATRIARCH by ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

Here your lying in crypt

so silent like old rock

flowers are smiling at your life

why did you cross the styx?

leaving me alone in this furious world

would you get up and talk to me

Did you love me?

If you loved me then

Why go with matriarch

Tributaries of tears run

in our hearts always

Yawning to see you again

Vesta became my matriarch

and brother my patriarch

It's hard to bear this

feeling when it's hard

to believe your absence

your people oblated us

To wicca for richness

would you please wake up

and hold me closely like never before

And let my soft hands feel you face for the first

And let my eyes have a look at that winsome

Face that I always see in black &and white picture

Would you let my ears hear your voice

Or will you whisper to me softly

telling me how everything will okay?

Would you tell me stories starting with once up a time

As you watch me peacefully getting into dream land

Dear patriarch are you proud of me the man I’ve become today

Do you feel the same like me when people say

Like father like son….

Oh patriarch patriarch.

WARRIOR IS A WOMAN

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Warrior is a woman By Asiimwe Sam RUHINDI
🎶warrior is a woman woman, warrior is a woman 🎶
🎶warrior is a woman woman, warrior is a woman 🎶
🎶warrior is a woman woman, warrior is a woman 🎶

Every year we celebrate heroes yes world heroes
But there are some left unrecognized
The ones who fight lifetime battles
Yes the women our mothers


🎶warrior is a woman woman, warrior is a woman 🎶
🎶warrior is a woman woman, warrior is a woman 🎶

She sacrifices her life to keep her family moving
She does every kind of work from cheap to most classic
She will be called all sorts of names but will stay quiet
She gets cheap job but she goes on
🎶warrior is a woman woman, warrior is a woman 🎶

She spends sleepless nights fighting with her drankard husband
But in the morning she dresses her smile again
And neighbors be like mwaramutse she be like namahoro
But deep inside her heart she is bleeding suffering from hidden wounds
🎶warrior is a woman woman, warrior is a woman 🎶

She gets dumped buy his husband after days and nights of lemons and onions
She goes out on street
And out of shame her ex husband start saying
She was a slut I’ve been helping her
But she bares all the pain
As she discovers her self again

🎶warrior is a woman woman, warrior is a woman 🎶

TODAY IS YOUR DAY

                                         

I think about the time, not so long ago

That when ever I needed a helping hand

You always offered one.

When ever I needed a friend you were the best always

Your winsome smile has been my light

 

It seems like yesterday

How we were pretty little song birds

How we used to dance amaganda together

Worrying nothing about the future

As we were young and innocent

But today is your day

Today the two of you have said goodbye

To spinster and bachelorhood

it’s the day every girl dreams of

And every man lives to celebrate

And even wishes to his children

Today is your day.

My love as you walk your man down the aisle

To show him to your parents and friends

Turn back and flash that winsome smile

That you always wore

Let everyone know and feel it that…….

Today is your day.

I was a prince and you were the princess

But today you’re the queen coz you found your king

And am still the prince…..

Today is your day.

Your care and love to me and big brother

Is so deep like a mothers love to her child

Your advices has made us stay strong and courageous

Your sacrifice as you pray for us is incomparable

Your smile takes away my grief always

All my life you’ve an angel and you’ll always be.

I cant talk about friendship because it’s all that we have

Oh what a life to live

What bond that we share.

Your fight was my fight

And every time that I was down

You’d always get my feet back on the ground

Today is your day.

You’ve been a spiritual mother to many

But today you’ve opened the doors to your biological children

Oh wow how blessed they will be to call you mom

Just like how your spiritual children have been

Today is your day

Today your man is the richest no because he

Owns fancy things in the world

But because he won the heart of the most

Pretty lady in the world and today he marks

His greatest achievement

Today is your day yes it is you day

How I will miss those endless stories

The evening selfies  we always took

The shortest texts at the middle of the night saying hi

And how in the morning you always asked me

If I was dreaming about you or had a night mare

Kana kamamawowebwizabudashir’irorankuratenkuratirande

Kuwonakakuratiyeyagukunzecyera

Rekankuratenkutoneshemaze azagukunde

Agukundwakazeakurutisheabandi.

My love hold every memory as you go

When you miss me cry not as our bond is unbreakable

My heart will always beat  where your heart will be

And my smile is still your smile

Today is your day

Before I leave the stage and turn back the pages

Of the poem allow me to tell you something

Special I always told you

I LOVE YOU yes I LOVE YOU

Today is your day Peace.

I was a prince and you were the princess

But today you’re the queen coz you found your king

And am still the prince…..

Today is your day.

DEAR GIRLS

DEAR GIRLS BY ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

                               

                                  

 We are really blessed to

you always make our days

Have you by  our side

But I need to ask you a favor, warning

It’s about the words you call boys

Yes sometimes you might be

Kidding but sometimes kidding

Turns into reality.

Dear girls

Every boy is not

A creepy manhore

Player or womanizer

And many more you know them

Just like how back

In my junior & high school days

In my sweet teenage hood

Girls used to call boys

I know we are not perfect

Sometimes we might  not mean our words

But we are not born that way

We are born to be brave and loving

Responsible and caring

Do you remember your first love

During your teenage hood

The promises you made and

How you broke them just

In a blink of an eye?

Because your eyes fell

For that nice guy you

Then called mr perfect  and

Later dumped you

Harya ngo abumwe agatukisha bose

Am so mad at this saying like real mad

My Goodness he is one in a million

Not a million in one

Please have sense of understanding

Do you remember the guy you had

Turned into your ATM machine

Every time you needed money he was always ready

And just because one day  he

Failed to control his feelings and

Reached down your pants makes you

Shout out to the world

Dear girls I want to ask you

A favor to help you small sisters

And your future daughters not

To call boys players..creepy because they aren’t.

ODE TO OUR HEROES

ODE TO OUR HEROES BY ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

Bene kanyarwanda do you remember
The nights of trembling
The days of ichor
And the world of tears.

The truth became lies
The lies took the throne
Forests sheltered us
And also fed us.

Killing was more than a game
Holding amachet was a pleasure
Betraying a friend was Joy and
Nights were short to the hunted.

The world kept a deaf ear
Watching carelessly yet they said
Love is the way and answer.

Your great sons and daughter
Never torolleted with situation
They sacrificed their lives
To bring light out of the darkness

Today what was aruin is a family
We all have awarm smile on our faces
We have a place we proudly call
Our home our mother land.

Their sacrifice was the cost
Of peace,unity,development we have today
Their patriotic spirit is our light every day
And always warm in our vains.

Their work is uncomparable
The land of thousand hills that was full of darkness
Is now a shinning star
That is lighting for the world

We your grand children
We want to keep your legacy alive
That's why we bid together in one
Umbrella ubutwari

We walk under the name Intore
Ubunyangamugayo is our motto
The spirit they left
Wont be forgotten.

WHOM WILL I BE?

 WHOM WILL I BE? by ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

Young leader

                                                      Lying here and my eyes wide open

As I reminisce on words of angel mom

She was always fascinated about my future

And now couple of years after

She crossed the Styx

I get in the same mood

About whom will i be

Ese will I be a man

And own my family

A wife to grow old with

 And we have winsome children?

Will I be a leader

Maybe a minister or

An ambassador of my country

In a country far from home

And have that spinning chair in my office

Also move in those big cars

Oh future answer me

Will I be a celebrity?

And start signing autographs to people

When the world knows my name

And my picture is in hall of fame

Whom will I be?

Will I be a hero who will

Change the world with words

Not guns and bullets

And get written in world history

Like nelson Mandela and Nkwame Nkrumah

And be a role model to many?

Will I die and have many mourners

 at my funeral making fine speeches

On how I was a great man

And the loss they will suffer

Will I be remembered of my personality?

Will I be remembered as a brave man?

Or a courageous man

Will my deeds count in my absence?

Future I have no more worries 

On whom I’ll be because my father

Says he has plans for me

To make me prosper not to harm me

Plans to give me hope and future

My name is SAM

This comes from SAMUEL

Meaning God has heard

Yes indeed he has and will always here me

Future i have no more worries on whom i'll be.

                                                                                                                                                                   Inspired by future will be alegend